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WhatsApp makes cleaning, end of the year will only be on Android, iOS and Windows Phone

WhatsApp wasthe first to reachthe battle for mobile messaging, and hence proceeds much of his success.As described inhis blog, when WhatsApp began their wanderings in 2009 the mobile ecosystem was very different: the70% of mobileselling system they hadNokiaorBlackBerry.

It is not surprising therefore that WhatsAppis availablefor a range ofplatforms “minority”that a new application would normally overlook.This is the case of the version ofWhatsApp for Symbian,Nokia Series 40,Blackberryorolder versions of Androidlike Android 2.1.

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Times have changed in seven years, and now mobile with Android, iOS and Windows Phone system account fora whopping 99.5% market share.Not seem to make much sense tocontinue efforts to maintain version for systems with “as few users”, and thereforethe official support Android 2.1, Blackberry, Nokia and WP7.1 will end before the end of theyear.

Updated or die

In WhatsApp they have taken stock and decided loaded support for operating systems that have the least amount of users.This is the case of the full branch of WhatsApp forBlackBerry(including BlackBerry 10) and all phonesNokia(Symbian Series 40).

Other operating systems will continue running but will break compatibility with older versions.This is the case of Windows Phone, which will lose the support for Windows Phone 7.1, and Android, where compatibility withAndroid 2.1 and 2.2 (Eclair and Froyo) will notbe a problem when upgrading.

This does not mean that WhatsApp stop working the overnight on your mobile old, but basically WhatsApp will give the same whether it works.These systems will be left to their fate, where probably continue tooperate in both WhatsApp not make fundamental changes to its communication protocol.

The recommendation of WhatsApp for you lidies with thisgenocide Whatsappilis obvious: it is time for you todo with a phone with anewer versionof Android, iOS or Windows Phone, at least if you want tocontinue using WhatsApp.